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Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair has always been a challenging procedure in cardiovascular surgery due to its high mortality and complication rate. At present, there are traditional open surgery, hybrid surgery and intracavitary repair for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms. The main postoperative complication of spinal cord ischemia injury is paraplegia, which seriously affects the long-term survival rate and quality of life of patients. This paper summarized and considered the pathogenesis, risk factors and prevention measures of spinal cord ischemia injury after thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
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The elbow is more susceptible to motion loss than other joints after trauma,and elbow stiffness leads to functional impairment in the upper limb and interferes with daily activities.Open arthrolysis is the most common and classical treatment for post-traumatic elbow stiffness.In this paper,we review the treatment protocols like preoperative clinical evaluation,arthrolysis strategies and postoperative rehabilitation program for post-traumatic elbow stiffness,discuss relevant issues and assess their prospects.
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Currently clinical scoring systems are the most popular functional measurements for orthopedic patients.However,unfortunately,the scoring systems so far for the elbow are not capable enough of fully assessing the joint motion capacities,symptoms and quality of life for the patients with elbow dysfunction.In this paper,we review the elbow scoring systems most commonly used for the patients with elbow dysfunction,analyze their insufficiency in evaluation of elbow dysfunction,and discuss how to develop a new scoring system specially for elbow dysfunction.